General Dynamics NF-16 VISTA

The General Dynamics (now Lockheed Martin) F-16 VISTA (“Variable stability In-flight Simulator Test Aircraft“) program, which ran from 1988 to 1997, began as a privately funded joint venture between General Electric and General Dynamics, to produce a Multi-Axis Thrust-Vectoring (MATV) variant of the Fighting Falcon. The F-16 VISTA testbed aircraft incorporated a multi-axis thrust vectoring (MATV) engine nozzle that provides for more active control of the aircraft in a post-stall situation. The resulting